Professional Development Plan

School Year: 2018-2019 Year: 1☐ 2☐ 3☐ 4☐ Career Status ☐

Name: Ashley Lawson Position/Subject Area: Student Teacher School: Cleveland High School
Advisor:

A. NC Professional Teaching Standards Standard(s) to be addressed:

1. Teachers Demonstrate Leadership Standard 1 – Teachers advocate for schools and students.
2. Teachers Establish a Respectful Environment for a Diverse Standard 2 – Teachers establish a respectful environment for a
Population of Students diverse population of students.
3. Teachers Know the Content They Teach Standard 4 – Teachers facilitate learning for their students.
4. Teachers Facilitate Learning for Their Students Elements(s) to be addressed:
5. Teachers Reflect on Their Practice Standard 1 – Teachers advocate for schools and students.
6. Teachers Contribute to the Academic Success of Students Standard 2 – Teachers embrace diversity in the school
community and in the world.
Standard 4 - Teachers help students develop critical thinking
and problem-solving skills.

B. Teacher’s Strategies
Goals for Elements
Goal 1: Create a portfolio of
student evidence to ensure
that other teachers and
administrators see what
students with special needs,
minority students, and
students who have struggled
in math are all capable of.
Activities/Actions
1) Collect multiple examples
of student work to create a
portfolio of examples of
capability.
2) Teach the standards that
other teachers are not teaching for teaching vulnerable
vulnerable students.
Expected Outcomes and
Resources Needed Timeline
Evidence of Completion
1) a. Student data and
1) Portfolio of student
examples of mastery and
progression throughout the
learning progressions.
standards with examples of Collect data
1) b. Online or physical
students at various levels of frequently and
portfolio.
learning and mastery. complete
2) a. Mathematics lessons
2) Examples of lesson plans portfolio by
for teaching students with
December 1,
special needs.
students all of the standards. 2018.
2) b. Teacher to support
These will have notes for
creating lessons for all
differentiation and support.
students.
Goal 2: Create a classroom 1) Celebrate a STEM person a
environment that celebrates week to increase awareness
diversities, provides about the diversity of success.
opportunities to learn about 2) Learn about my students
different cultures and and their cultures by attending
contexts, and empowers all school and community events,
students. interviewing students, and
asking about their lives.
Goal 3: Teach students the 1) Teach problem solving
skills needed to problem solve skills and have students
and think critically. practice solving skills.
2) Teach students how to self-
reflect and have students
practice.
3) Teach students how to
critique their reasoning and
the reasoning of others.
***All of these will be
measured by an increase in
frequency in class.
Teacher’s Signature:
Date: 5/9/2018
1) Increase in student growth 1) a. Growth mindset Pre-assessment
mindsets. This will be surveys. completed on
measured by comparing a 1) b. Resources for the first day of
pre- and post-survey on diverse people who have class. Post
growth mindsets. been successful in STEM. assessment in
2) An understanding of my 2) a. Time to talk to my the first week
students’ cultures as students. of December.
evidenced by how I use their 2) b. Knowledge of local First week of
funds of knowledge in events and school events. December, but
creating lessons and teaching ongoing.
for my specific students.
1) Increase in student 1) Time to teach self- First week of
perseverance, collaboration, reflection, problem December to
and spoken or written solving, justification, and find these
justification. critique. increases.
2) a. Increase in student 2) Tasks that support There will be a
knowledge of their current problem solving and check-point
learning progression. reasoning. midsemester to
2) b. Increase in students 3) Improved feedback determine if
reading and using feedback system. these methods
to learn. 4) Ways to communicate are working.
3) a. Increase in student current learning moving
justifications with peers and from 0-4 from beginning,
in whole class discussions. developing, proficient,
3) Increase in students and mastery.
questioning others.
 Professional Development Plan –End-Year Review to be completed by (date) _12/10/2018_____________

Teacher: Ashley Lawson Academic Year: 2018-2019

E. Evidence of Progress toward Specific Standards or Elements to be Addressed/Enhanced

F. Goal 1 was successfully completed YES ☐ NO ☐

Goal 2 was successfully completed YES ☐ NO ☐

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Narrative
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Teacher’s Comments:

Teacher’s
Signature:
Date: